My brother in law had his wallet with checkbook stolden. You think you had a
problem it happened last may and he still is having to pay with cash.
dale
sunny and 50 in Pahrump
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 4:20 PM
Subject: ID theft ( no Lsr )
> Always thought that this whole ID theft thing wasn't ever going to find
it's
> way to Alabama.... I mean come on... these folks .... think about it...
But
> seriously..... I had a problem last week I want to share with the list as
> more of a general information sorta thing...
>
> At Christmas I'd bought some See's candies for gifts.... ( hey I figure
I'm
> removing at least a few of the Nuts out of Ca. ).... To do this I'd sent
my
> sister a check.... Somewhere along the way someone stole the check out of
> her mail box. Then they went on line and used my checking account to pay
> several bills for someone who's ID they had stolen....
>
> It was really easy to spot when my secretary was balancing the bank
> statement..... We closed the account that afternoon and recieved 4 more
bad
> checks after it was closed.... the Ontario Ca. detectives are working the
> case and hopefully they will catch this person.... but I kinda doubt it...
>
> Bottom line... here's what I learned.... Don't have ANY information on
your
> checks that isn't absolutely mandatory.... no Drivers lic. No SSN....
> Nothing of the kind.... name rank serial number and date of birth.... save
> yourself this hassle....
>
> Just thought I would share the problem and give you folks a heads up...
>
> Keith
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